NEW YORK — This is good news for thousands of New York City subway riders.
To be more exact, some 149,000 of them have a reason to smile this morning.
This is because since Monday the trains on lines F and M return to full service after 7 months, specifically since August, of being under repairs due to track replacement. This work affected service on both lines between Manhattan and Queens. The project was completed on time and on budget.
Track replacement along the F line between 47-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center in Manhattan and 36 Street in Queens was completed on March 31, and trains along the F and M lines are once again scheduled to begin making regular stops in both counties at 5 a.m. on April 1. That shuttle that ran between Lexington Ave and 21st Street also disappeared.
According to the MTA, about 149,000 people, on average, use the affected portion of the subway system daily.
The agency noted that the project aimed to improve reliability, mitigate leaks, prevent corrosion and future deterioration, and extend the useful life of existing infrastructure.
Crews removed existing direct connection tracks and constructed new concrete roads and new direct connection roads; They installed new contact rails, stirrups, brackets and insulators, removed and replaced cables, supplied and installed new signaling equipment, repaired spalling concrete and cracks and sealed leaks.
Crews also installed 25,643 feet of new third rail with boards and cables, the MTA said.
2024-04-01 14:53:32
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